Hockey Blue-White Game Tonight, 7 p.m. Yost Ice Arena S Volleyball vs. Northwestern Tonight, 7 p.m. Cliff Keen Arena Blue set for showdown with Spartans m BADAM MILLER Wolverine Todd Collins threw for less than 200 yards for the first time in his career last week, due to Michigan's conservative gameplan against iowa. Still, he has 971 yards passing already. Like Collins, Spartan Jim Miller entered the year looking to establish himself. He has looked brilliant at times - leading State down the field for the flrst score at Notre Dame -and mediocre at others. Two words: Tyrone Wheatley. The junior is second in the Big Ten in rushing with 547 yards (136.8/game), and has alread scored eight touchdowns. Ricky Powers emerged as a powerful No. 2 runner last week. Speaking of two, the Spartan duo of senior Craig Thomas and sophomore Dane Gooume hav combndfo 8 all eight of their ground touchdowns. The sophomore tandem of Mercury Hayes and Amani Toomer tops the Michigan receiving list with five touchdowns between them. Senior Derrick Alexander, who "hates green," returned to the Wolverines with style last week. Sophomore Mill "The Thrill" Coleman provides Miller with his main, and often only, target. The speedster averages over 12 catches per game. This may be the Spartans' greatest strength. Four starters and six letterwinners return, and when they are on, It's no wonder Thomas and Gilbourne put up good numbers. Left tackle Shane Hnnah weigs in a anipessv 321 matches that with an imposing 316. They wHi callenge th stmina of Michigan's Michigan tackle Buster Stanley was named Bi TenDefensive Playe of the Week He tomorrow's contest. The Perles-patented Stunt 4-3 often features eight or nine men up front. Two starters from last year's team - left end Juan Hammonds and left tackle Aaron Jackson - will be among them. However, except for senior right end Converted tackle Gannon Dudlar has found a home at outside linebacker for Michigan, ndfreshman Trevor Pryce is playing upto St il the Woverines wil mis seniors Steve Morrison (foot) and Matt Dyson (calf). Graduated AII-Big Ten inside linebacker Ty Hallock's replacements aren't that strong, but OLB's Rob Fredrickson and junior Matt Christensen are for the Spartans. SStrong safety Shonte Peoples, free safety Chuck Winters, cornerbacks Alfie Burch and Ty Law lead the 'M' hit parade. Miller shouldn't be able to put up the numbers he did against Kansas. Senior corner back Myron Bell, junior cornerback Stan Callender, junior strong safety Damian Manson and senior free safety Steve Waslyk give the Spartans a wealth of experience at this position. Wheatley is always a threat to return a kick the distance, and Alexander did just that in last year's contest against the Spartans in Ann Arbor. Placekicker Pete Elezovic is improving. Coleman returns both punts and kickoffs. Senior placekicker Bill Stoyanovich is one of the top kickers in the conference; he's perfect on PAT's, but only has three field goals so far this year. Wheatley gives Michigan the edge here. Gary Moetler didn't get off to a great start against Michigan State with that infamous 2&-27 loss in Ann Arbor in 1990, but he's done quite well since, winning big the last two years. He has also won the Big Ten every year of his tenure. When "Big George" Perles was in his prime, his teams were formidable, with relentless defenses. But Perles just isn't in his prime anymore. __ FOOTBALL Continued from pag Gilbourne. We usually have a pretty good one- two punch at tailback, and this year is no exception," Michigan State coach George Perles said. Furthermore, while the Wolverines are 12-point favorites, they have yet to play a solid game on both sides of the ball. Last week in its Big Ten opener against Iowa, the defense, inspiredby a players-only meeting, limited the Hawkeyes to one touchdown in the 24- 7 win. The offense, though, squan- dered a number of scoring opportuni- ties and were rescued by a three-touch- down day by Tyrone Wheatley. , "If I know our defense could play the way they did against Iowa every week," coach Gary Moeller said, "then (the offensive inconsistency) wouldnot be such aconcern. Butyou neverknow from week to week." This may be the determining factor of the contest. If the Wolverines play to their capability, the game may follow the same over-by-halftime pattern of the past two games. If the Michigan defense is not up to last week's level of play, Maize and Blue hopes will be pinned on the young offense. "We're a little slow, we're a little lagging behind and we still have alotof little things that we have to make up and patch up," Wheatley said. Michigan State has also had aweek off to prepare for the Wolverines, just like Iowa did and Penn State, next week's opponent, will. It has been a sore point for Moeller and his team. "I think it can be an advantage because they've seen a lot of our film," Michigan quarterback Todd Collins said. "They're probably getting a good feel of what we like to do." Field hocke squeaks 0A by Mihia Sae,31.... FOR ThE DAILY "It's a game of inches." While said about all sports, that aphorism was definitely true for the Michigan field hockey team last night. Two inches, the width of a stick, to be exact. With just over ten minutes left in the game and the score 2-1 in favor of the Wolverines, Michigan State was given a penalty corner shot. The shot deflected off of a Michigan player in front and headed toward the goal only to be stopped by the stick of defender Keely Libby. "I just really focused to make sure that I got my stick on it," Libby said when asked about the big save. From that point on Michigan domi- nated the game. The players put the clamps on the Spartan offense and added an insurance goal to win the aSerne Smith led the Wolverines offensively scoring the team's first two goals. Both goals were on almost identi- cal plays off of penalty corner shots, one from the right side of the field, the other from the left. Kalli Hose and Libby assisted on both goals. Forward Stephanie Hart scored Michigan State's lone goal on a pen- alty shot just in front of Michigan goaltender Rachael Geisthart. Kalli Hose put the game away with 25 seconds left by scoring on yet an- other penalty shot. This time Aaleya Koreishi assisted. "It was really important to score on our corners since we didn't do it last weekend,"Michigan coach Patti Smith said. "We started out slow but still managed a win, and that's what's im- portant." "We're a young team and we're learning," Spartan coach Michele Madi- son said. Aaleya Koreishi and Kalli Hose celebrate after Michigan's second goal. Icers to face off in annual Blue-White scrimmage By JAESON ROSENFELD DAILY HOCKEY WRITER If you looked on Brian Wiseman's calendar, tonight's Blue-White intrasquad hockey game probably would not be circled. That's not to say Wiseman, or for that matter any of his Michigan team- mates, aren't looking forward to the Wolverines' first chance to play fo the matchup.Let'sjusyttWiseman's black marker might be reserved for the likes of Lake Superior State, Michigan State or Miami of Ohio. But for a certain group of Wolver- ines, tonight's Blue-White game rep- resents much more than an irasquad scrimmage. Michigan's bubble play- ers know that the game could mean the difference between donning the Maize and Blue sweater in the regular-season opener at Alaska-Fairbanks (Oct. 15) and listening to the game on WTKA. "It can only helpaplayer who plays well in this game," Michigan coach Red Berenson said."'Ihere's somecom- petition for spots on the team. We haven't even decided who we are tak- ing to the Alaska-Fairbanks game." It's a pretty safe bet that Wiseman and Blue-White game linemates David Oliver and Ryan Sittler will travel to The Land of the Midnight Sun for the opener. "Wiseman and Oliver have played a lot together. I think Sittler can fit on that line," Berenson said. Besides the Oliver-Wiseman-Sittler line, Berenson will examine the fire- power ofahostof lines tonight.Among the slated offensive lines are Mike Stone-Brenda Morrison-ik ren Luhning and John Madden-Kevin Hilton-Jason Botterill., "We'll experiment," Berenson said. "We'll try to keep the lines together unless we have some injuries. We have a feel for some of the players that can play together." Throughout the preseason, much attention has been paid to the Wolver- ines' defensive departures. Many ques- tions have been raised about the blueliners' ability to protect the Michi- gan net and goaltender Steve Shields. Michigan will skatedefensivepair that include four veterans - Tim Hogan, Alan Sinclair, Steve Halkoand Mark Sakala-along with aquartetof freshmen. And for those four rookie defenders -PeterBourke, ChrisFrescoln, Harold Schock and Blake Sloan - and their classmates, the Blue-White game defi- nitely represents something more than just a scriimmage., "I'm looking forward to it," Morrison said. "I don't know how big the crowd will be but I hope they're enthusiastic." SpiKers looK to rockK een DAIL SPORT WRITERNSN It's time to "Rock the House" again. Tomorrow, the Michigan volley- ball team and the athletic department will host its second annual "Rock the House" game in an effort to gain more student support. The contest will fea- ture Michigan against Wisconsin. How- ever, before they can look towards the Badgers, the Wolverines must focus on today's home match against North- western. "Northwestern is a much improved team over last year," Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "They have a team thatdidn' tgraduate alotof people. They're playing a lot better volleyball. They're a well-coached team." Northwesternhas been focusing on its new defensive scheme that was in- stalled last year, according to coach "We installed anew defensive align- ment," Angle said. "I think the players saw they became a better defensive team ... because they were reacting better to the ball." Last year's "Rock the House" was very successful, and Giovanazzi said he hopes the same can be said for this year's version. "I think 'Rock the House' means a lot to the program," Giovanazzi said. "This was the match that last yearturned our attendance around. We're so even with Wisconsin that having a good, home-courtenvironmentcan really help us pull off a win against that team. "Wisconsin plays a high-level de- fensive game. I think the match will be very competitive."~ [Sunday Dinner Special I ST. MARY'S STUDENT PARISH announces a Lecture CatholiC and ACademiC A Contradiction in Terms? by Professor James Turner History Department, University of Michigan Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 p.m. at he Newmian Cente 331 Thompson Street The first in a series of presentations on faith and thought and the interplay between a Catholic religious commitment and the profession of teacher and intellectual. Open to allIenterested students, facuhly and others. I| SET YOUR SIGHTS ON...I All Yo Ca Eat Spaghetti Dine (Vegetarian or with Meat) Anyone who has heard the Wolverines speak this week knows their determination to win tomorrow. And why not? 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